Office For Victims Programs

The Office for Victims Programs (OVP) has three primary functions: to administer federal and state grant programs,to ensure that victims of Victim Rights Act crimes are afforded their rights, and to monitor the twenty-two Local Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (Local VALE) and Victim Compensation programs for compliance with state standards.

Announcement of Availability of Funds for Sexual Assault Service Program (SASP)

Grant Applications are now being acceipted for the FFY 2009 Sexual Assault Services Grant Program (SASP) funds. These funds are designated for the provision of services to victims of sexual assault. Applications are due by 3:00 p.m. on December 1, 2009.  

Please click on the link below to access the Announcement of Availability of Funds, the application, and the application instructions.

SASP Application Process

 

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA):

2009 Recovery Act Grant Awards from Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) and S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women (VAWA) Funds

Please click on the link below to access information pertaining to ARRA Grants.

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Grant Awards

 

Manditory DUNs and CCR Registration New Requirements for Agencies that Receive Federal Funds

All grant applicants who plan to apply for federal funding should make sure that their agency has a Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and has registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.  These are required as part of the implementation of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act) that went into effect January 1, 2009.

Please click the links below.

DUNs and CCR Links

CCR Help Form

 

Grant Funding

The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Assistance Program provides federal funds through grants to organizations throughout the state of Colorado to enhance, expand and develop new programs to serve victims of crime. 

The S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Program awards grants to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement, prosecution, judicial strategies and victim services throughout Colorado in cases involving violent crimes against women.

The Victim Compensation Program provides federal funds to local Victim Compensation Programs to supplement local funding.

The State Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement (State VALE) Program is designed to provide funding for programs that implement statutory rights for crime victims and coordinate or provide services to crime victims on a statewide or multi-jurisdictional basis.

Compliance with the Victim Rights Act

The purpose of the Victim Rights Act (VRA) Compliance Program at the Office for Victims Programs is to ensure that victims of VRA crimes are afforded their rights as enumerated in the VRA, including the right to be heard at specific stages in the criminal justice process and to be informed of and present at critical stages in the criminal justice process.  Victims of VRA crimes have the right to be informed about accessing the VRA compliance process when they have concerns that their rights under the VRA have been violated by a criminal justice agency such as law enforcement, a district attorney’s office, probation, the court, and corrections.  Victims of VRA crimes can contact the VRA Compliance Program at the Office for Victims Programs and make an informal request for assistance and/or file a formal complaint concerning an alleged violation of their rights.  The Governor appointed VRA Subcommittee, part of the larger Victims’ Compensation and Assistance Coordinating Committee, makes the final determinations as to whether a victim’s rights as enumerated in the VRA have been violated.

 

State Standards for Victim Compensation and Local VALE Programs

OVP monitors each of the twenty-two victim compensation and local VALE programs throughout the state to ensure that programs are complying with state standards.  Technical assistance is provided to local programs to help with the implementation of the Standards.

 

Offenders Shall Not Profit From Their Crimes

The General Assembly has declared that the state of Colorado has a compelling interest in preventing any person who is convicted of a crime from profiting from the crime, and in compensating the victims of the crime.  To achieve this goal, legislation was passed giving the State VALE Board the authority to review cases in which a convicted offender is alleged to have profited from his or her crime.